St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-29
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| BISMARCK, Jan. 2S.-There was lively fight
| in the council over the bill providing for the
! printing of joint resolutions, memorials. etc.
| Trouble was created by r. NJ. futile, editor
! of the Vermifuge Comtit, published ever and
| anon in Mandan. The Comit editor wanted
| to do the printing at an exceedingly low
| price, and he would probably have succeeded
| in getting Il share of it, but it was discovered
| that he didn't have the facilities for doing the
work in his Office and was counting on send
| it to St. Paul to be done. This settled it, and
| the COmfit lost his grip.
! The gayeSt, friskiest, shrewdeSt member O f
| the house is Donald Stewart, of Walsh county.
| He was reared in the shadow of the Grampjan
| hills and came over here with rich Scotch
| brogue, so prominent that he is obliged to
| pay taxes on it. Uncle" Donald was given
| his choice Of seats early in the session, on
| account of deafness, and he located himself
| within easy reach of the speakers ear. He
| is the only man in the house VINO can hold q
| committee spell-bound as he shoots wads OF
musical atmosphere at them. He it is who
| tr0duced the bill to protect hotels and
boarding houses against swindlers, and the
| impression has gone out that 1t some time
''Uncle' Donald has been handsomely done
| up by the man who is willing to saw wood but
| wants his pay first.
| Visiting ladies are granted the privilege of
| occupying the same floor with the law
| OF the seats provided for visitors the mem
| bers of the house can size them up without
changing position in their seats. Last year, it is
said, the ladies were only admitted to the
gallery. and when they stirred their robes
and the cloud of Jockey Club" new mown
hay and MARY Stuart" fioated down into
the house the lawmakers would turn in their
seats and mop the gallery front all over with
| their blandest smiles. During the session
several members nearly twisted their Il ecks
tot.
so serious a poss Utility the ladies have been
| placed in row where the members can see
| them without twisting.
| Miss Cora Smith and Miss Sedohr Rhodes
came down from Grand Forks last Tuesday
| and did the only thing th at has been done to
| break the monotony since the deadlock.
| They gave an Evolutionary and musical en-
| tertainment in the athenfeum for the benefit
| of the G. A. h. Both ladies are daughters of
| old veterans, who carry scars received in the
midst of the smoke and roar Of the late wa T.
| and i'll their entertainments which drew q
| large audience, they gave evidence of more
than ordinary talent. Both ladies are yet
young and both possess beautiful faces and
! graceful figures, and If there is a man living
within a radius of 10c miles of Grand Forks
who fishes around in the effete East for a wife
| and is aware that these young ladies reside
within easy reach of him ought TO be run full
of hot lead and anchored in the Red River of
the North.
| Ii. I. WI ara, Pafk6r, quiet SORT OF an
| indi vidual, but when he gets to talking the
members Of the house get the impression thar
| demented buzz saw has wandered in among
| them, and they give their closest attention to
| lodging him. He championed the cause of
| Yankton in the recent court removal fight,
! and he did it in a stentorian sort of q way.
| Mr.. Ward looks more like Sol Smith Russell
! than he does himself, and he is about as hui
morous as that popular delineator OF pleasing
comedy is. In smoking cap, dressing gown
| Sol Smiths second self as he appears In the
/ character of Pa in his new play of the same
| title. He is one of the most genial and fun
| loving members of the house.
| P.J. McCumber, of Wahpeton, the young law
yer who came within an ce of being president
of the council. is the unmarried member of
| that body, and he has the honor thrust upon
! him of settling all matrimonial problems that
| come up before that dignifed body. The
| other day, while divorce bill was being dis
cussed, Mr.. McCumber expressed himself as
being opposed to the divorce law.
''What would you do, McCumber," said
Alex Hughes. ''if you found you were mar
ried to a woman who neglected her home and
| paid more attention to other men than she did
! to your
| Said McCumber: II would provide myself
with large f1esh-colored club, well devel-
| oped in all its parts and I would poultice her
with it thoroughly until had drawn all the
| anti-horne sentiment out of her. have q
| great deal of faith in club when used judic-
/ iously There is more real deep bay argu-
ment in it than there is in cord and a half OF
| divorce law, and don't you forget it,
TEE AITCH.